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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Charlie Wax (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manuel La Bor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). La Bor has chosen Centuries as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Manuel La Bor enters the cage!
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Good wrestling
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Charlie Wax!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 8 - 2, fighting out of New York, Manuel La Bor!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Chris Edwards and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
La Bor throws a body shot but no joy.
La Bor misses with the body kick
and Wax counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Wax.
La Bor digs a right hand into Wax's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Wax's gas tank.
La Bor can't break the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Wax.
La Bor tries to work over Wax's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice left hand lands by Wax.
La Bor blocks a punch to the side of the head.
I was talking to Wax's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
La Bor goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
La Bor scores with a nice hook to the head.
La Bor tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wax tries to work over La Bor's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wax is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. La Bor is defending well for now.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wax.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Wax obliges.
La Bor tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wax lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wax slowing the pace effectively.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La Bor pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
La Bor pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
An attempted straight right counter from Wax misses the target.
Wax has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from La Bor.
Wax takes one on the chin but seems OK.
La Bor drops his hands momentarily and Wax takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Wax loads up on a big right hand but La Bor slips the punch.
La Bor tries to counter by closing the distance.
La Bor misses with a looping right.
And Wax counters with a quick kick to the body but La Bor blocks it.
Nice body punch from La Bor.
Wax jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wax throws a looping overhand right but La Bor ducks down to avoid it.
Wax moves out of range of the strikes.
La Bor lands with a good body shot.
Wax fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches La Bor on the side of the head.
La Bor fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Wax is out of range.
Manuel La Bor is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
La Bor slips under a jab from Wax.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wax wants to clinch up but La Bor keeps it at a distance.
Wax throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wax gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and La Bor counters with a straight right hand.
That kick from Wax tenderised La Bor's leg. La Bor is trying to keep his angry face on.
La Bor scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
No joy there for La Bor, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
La Bor keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wax connects with a jab.
La Bor misses with a wild body shot.
La Bor lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
La Bor walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Wax checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Wax fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Wax throws a shot from downtown. La Bor moves away and avoids it.
A slow jab from Wax misses its intended target.
A little jabbing left from La Bor on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Wax throws a shot to the body.
Wax throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Wax takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wax misses with a straight right.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wax swings and misses with a shot to the body
and La Bor counters with a lovely straight right hand!
La Bor cracks a nice hook into Wax's ribs.
La Bor connects with an inside leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for La Bor.
Wax waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract La Bor.
Wax works the jab nicely.
La Bor throws out a powerful jab.
A decent looking body kick lands there for La Bor.
A slow jab from La Bor misses its intended target.
Wax sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
La Bor walks forward, straight into a front kick from Wax.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wax throws a body shot but no joy.
Wax misses with a hook
and La Bor counters with an outside leg kick.
La Bor scoring well with a low kick there.
La Bor lands a leg kick that knocks Wax off balance momentarily.
Wax uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from La Bor.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
La Bor misses with a right hand
and Wax makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Good leg kick by La Bor there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
La Bor misses with a kick to the body.
Wax checks a leg kick nicely.
La Bor slips a straight right by Wax.
La Bor has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
La Bor lands with an uppercut that bounces Wax off the cage and back into range.
Wax uses good head movement to avoid the hook from La Bor.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Wax.
A good leg kick by La Bor.
La Bor avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wax avoids the head kick by La Bor.
Wax throws a body shot but no joy.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wax attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
La Bor throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Wax stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
La Bor motions for Wax to come forward. La Bor throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
La Bor connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Manuel La Bor dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Wax misses the shot to the body.
Wax throws a body shot but no joy.
La Bor follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
La Bor walks into a left hand.
La Bor takes one to the chin there.
Wax throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
La Bor replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Wax blocks it well.
La Bor throws a sloppy head kick and Wax moves out of range easily.
As La Bor backs away, Wax returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
La Bor moves out of range as Wax strikes.
La Bor looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Wax takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Wax doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Wax lands with a straight right. La Bor didn't see that one coming.
Wax checks the leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La Bor with a nice cross.
Crunch! La Bor slams his shin into Wax's torso.
Wax steps to the side to avoid the strikes from La Bor.
Wax looks to land a combination but La Bor avoids it well.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Wax bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wax feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to La Bor's calf.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La Bor avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wax defending well as La Bor loads up on a big left hand.
Wax is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
La Bor thuds a left hand into Wax's body.
Wax misses with a wild body shot.
Wax throws a head kick but La Bor moves out of range.
Wax checks a leg kick.
Wax throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
La Bor uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wax.
Wax takes a swing at La Bor's ribcage but misses.
Nice body punch from La Bor.
La Bor blocks a leg kick.
La Bor avoids the body shot from Wax.
La Bor tries to work over Wax's front leg with a kick but Wax checks it.
La Bor throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by La Bor.
La Bor fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Wax is out of range.
Manuel La Bor seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A jab from La Bor does it's job there.
La Bor uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wax.
La Bor throws a body punch but Wax moves out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
La Bor fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Wax looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
La Bor scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Wax fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
La Bor lands with a kick to the ribs.
La Bor misses with a low kick.
Wax connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
La Bor moves out of range of the strikes.
La Bor scores with a push kick.
Wax misses with a looping left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wax displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as La Bor throws out the jab.
Wax misses with a straight left.
Nice uppercut there from La Bor.
Wax tries to close the distance and clinch but La Bor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wax closes the distance and clinches.
Wax tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. La Bor just stands there and leans against the cage.
La Bor misses with a short punch on the inside.
La Bor doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wax fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wax tries to land knees in the clinch but La Bor avoids the damage to the body.
La Bor lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Wax.
Wax is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Wax lands a body punch in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wax.
La Bor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wax swings wildly with an uppercut but La Bor uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
La Bor pushes Wax back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Wax.
La Bor tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wax's elbow.
La Bor throws a punch but it's blocked by Wax.
Wax misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
La Bor misses with the head strike.
La Bor tries to throw a body punch but Wax avoids it by throwing La Bor back against the cage.
Come on Wax - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
La Bor blocking some punches.
Wax misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from La Bor.
Wax unloads a knee to the mid-section. La Bor lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wax misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wax misses with a body punch.
Wax fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Charlie Wax will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
La Bor scores with a push kick.
Wax lands with an overhand left.
Wax blocks the body kick.
Wax fires out a quick counter leg kick but La Bor just manages to avoid it.
Wax throws a predictable looking body shot
and Wax takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wax throws an uppercut from half a mile away. La Bor sees it coming and avoids it easily.
It seemed like La Bor was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Wax looks to land a body kick but La Bor moved away.
Wax uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from La Bor.
La Bor circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wax misses with a right hand
and La Bor counters with a lovely shot to the body.
La Bor moves away from the strike by Wax.
Wax works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wax ducks right into an uppercut from La Bor.
La Bor has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Wax.
La Bor looks to throw a body kick
enabling Wax to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
La Bor throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Wax gets a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wax throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but La Bor blocks it with crossed arms.
Wax blocks an uppercut.
Wax lands with a short shot to the head.
Wax is looking to take this one to the mat.
Wax throws a punch but it's blocked by La Bor.
La Bor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Charlie Wax has scored more points in the clinch so far.
La Bor misses with a hook to the ribs.
La Bor avoiding damage as Wax throws knees to the body.
La Bor scores with a nice hook to the head.
La Bor pushes Wax back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
La Bor scores with a shot to the side of Wax's head.
Wax looking to throw knees to the head but La Bor is blocking nicely.
A head punch on the inside from La Bor fails to land.
Wax will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
La Bor on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wax misses with a hook from the clinch.
La Bor swings wildly with an uppercut but Wax uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Bor tries to throw a body punch but Wax avoids it by throwing La Bor back against the cage.
Wax looking to slow down the pace here.
Wax blocks a body shot from La Bor.
Wax lands a shoulder strike.
La Bor tries a body shot but Wax blocks it.
Wax throws a head punch that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
La Bor breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wax takes a body punch but keeps moving.
La Bor ducks under a wild hook from Wax.
Wax throws a body punch but La Bor moves out of range.
La Bor looks like he wants to counter punch here.
La Bor just misses with a punch to the body.
Wax throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
La Bor swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Wax.
Wax rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and La Bor counters with a nice leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Bor misses with a head kick.
La Bor moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Decent striking displayed by La Bor there.
Wax cracks La Bor with a right hand to the side of the head.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from La Bor lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Wax has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Wax and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Wax jabs at La Bor's body.
La Bor throws a body punch but Wax moves out of range.
Wax is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by La Bor.
Wax avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Nice defenses there by Wax.
Wax is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by La Bor.
La Bor moves out of range as Wax strikes.
A good leg kick by La Bor.
Wax takes one on the chin but seems OK.
La Bor fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wax manages to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from La Bor. Wax does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wax throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
La Bor steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Wax. That one must have hurt.
La Bor cracks Wax with a good jab.
Wax throws a jab but it's blocked by La Bor.
Wax is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
La Bor scores with the left hand. Wax knows he should have avoided that one.
Wax just misses with a punch to the body.
La Bor only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Wax misses with a looping right.
Wax just misses with a punch to the body.
La Bor swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
La Bor moves away from the strike by Wax.
La Bor throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
La Bor slips a straight right by Wax.
La Bor throws out a counter right but Wax avoids it with no problem.
Wax throws a leg kick
and La Bor counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Wax misses the shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from La Bor. Wax does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Manuel La Bor.
I think La Bor has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 29:27
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Manuel La Bor!
A relieved looking Manuel La Bor thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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